章 26: The Most Dangerous Place Is The Safest Place

After the dinner, Xiao Shao took out a map and spread it on the ground.

"This is where we are now." He said, while pointing to a place on the map.

Xiao Yi looked at the map and asked, "What are your plans?"

His question was for Xiao Shao. Xiao Shao looked at the others and said, "I don't plan to go back to the Shang Empire for now."

Lifting his eyes, Xiao Yi looked at his eldest son and asked again. "Then where do you want to go?"

Xiao Shao pointed to the map again and said, "Here."

The rest of the Xiao family and Xu Xiang looked at the map for a while, and then they looked at each other. Xiao Han frowned and said, "Elder Brother, that place is the border of the Bei Wei Empire."

"I know. But our only choice is to go there or die." Xiao Shao said calmly.

Xu Xiang looked at the worried faces of the rest of the Xiao family, and asked curiously. "Young Master Xiao, why did you go there? Is there no other place to go?"

Hearing her question, Xiao Shao said, "If my guess is correct, the Empress Dowager must have been imprisoned by the Emperor now. Without the pressure from the Empress Dowager, the Emperor will send assassins to kill me, or us. Go to the Bei Wei Empire, we can avoid the assassins and have enough time to make a plan. Besides, the most dangerous place is the safest place."

After thinking about what he said just now, Xu Xiang didn't say anything more. Unlike Xiao Shao and Xu Xiang who had calm faces, Xiao Jing seemed a little anxious.

She looked at her eldest brother and said, "Elder brother, although we can escape the Emperor's pursuit, that place is worse than the wasteland. How can we survive there with our current conditions?"

As soon as her words fell, everyone except Xu Xiang and Xiao Shao showed worried expressions. With her supplies and life skills, she is confident they can survive even in a place worse than wasteland. But knowing this fact and saying it out loud are two different matters.

She wanted to pay them back the grace of saving her life, but she would never tell them her secret. Two lifetimes are enough for her to understand that the human heart is the most dangerous thing.

After a long silence, Xiao Shao put away the map and said, "Let's take one step at a time. When we get there, we will find a way. Our priority now is to reach the border of the Bei Wei Empire safely."

Xiao Yi looked at his wife's worried expression and said, "Da Lang is right. Let's not worry too much for now."

Hearing her husband's words, Wen Wan nodded gently and said, "Um, let's just do as Da Lang said."

Xiao Shao looked at the others and said, "Then I will keep watch tonight. Father, mother and Xiao Jing can sleep on the sleigh. Er Lang will sleep with me. Miss Xu, you can rest early too."

After he finished speaking, the members of the Xiao family went to sleep, and Xu Xiang got into her mule cart. Inside the mule cart, she took out five quilts from her own space. After that, she got out of the mule cart with the quilts in her hands.

At first, she didn't want to use the quilt from her original world. But the quilt she bought from Bei Qiang City was too thin to withstand the cold night wind. Some are made of coarse cloth, and some are made of some thin, slippery cloth. If the quilts are not useless, it is too uncomfortable to use. With a sigh in her heart, she decided to use the quilt from the original world.

Walking towards the sleigh, she handed three quilts to the Xiao family. After that, she walked towards Xiao Shao and handed him the remaining two quilts. Holding the soft and warm quilt, Xiao Shao didn't know what to say. As far as he knew, he had never seen this kind of quilts, and he didn't know what material it was made of.

Xu Xiang didn't know that Xiao Shao's suspicion grew again, and said, "I'll go back to sleep first. Good night, Young Master Xiao."

Holding a soft quilt in his hand, Xiao Shao looked at her and said, "Good night, Miss Xu."

After saying goodnight to him, Xu Xiang returned to her mule cart. But tonight, instead of going to sleep, she put down the cover and with a thought, she entered her own space.

The next second, when she opened her eyes, she was already standing under a bright sky. The last time she entered her space was the day she crossed into this world. At that time, she didn't have time to look around. After that, she didn't have the energy and time, and temporarily forgot about her plan to check her space.

Tonight, when she heard Xiao Shao's words after dinner, she suddenly remembered the vast farmland in her own space. The space before her death has no farmland or the lake, and she cannot enter it. Only those animals and items can go in. But now, not only can she come in, but there is also a very vast farmland and the lake.

Xu Xiang looked around and found the factory area and warehouse area. Looking at those buildings, she realized for the first time that her space was really big. Those tall buildings look really different when seen with her mind and with her eyes. The former is like viewing a building in a game from bird view, and the latter is like viewing a building in reality.

With this in mind, she decided to use her mind to work on her factories and farmlands from now on. If she had to do it manually, she wouldn't be able to finish a day's work in a year. Looking back at the vast farmland, she thought for a few seconds before checking the seeds inside the warehouses with her mind.

After counting the number of the seed types, Xu Xiang divides the field in two. One side is used for farming while the other side is used for tree planting. After dividing the farmland, she began to prepare the land and then sow the seeds. Based on how many seeds she has, she also prepares fields and orchards with the same number.

After the land is divided, each seed is planted into about fifty mu to one hundred mu plantation according to their rarity and importance. She spent about three hours planting the expansive farmlands and orchards, before she came out from the space. Sitting inside the mule cart, she rubbed the space between her brows tiredly.

'It's really quick to work with my mind, but the headache is really annoying.'

Knowing that her headache was due to excessive use of mental power, Xu Xiang drank her lake water before falling asleep.